Chapter 307: Imperial View
When the war broke out, Wang Jing couldn't believe it. He had clearly sent out six reconnaissance companies and required them to report their positions and intelligence at all times to ensure that there were no blind spots in the reconnaissance.
In his opinion, the troops were absolutely safe under such circumstances.
The enemy unexpectedly appeared from an unexpected position and directly hit the vital point of the long snake of the army that was moving around the mountain.
Wang Jing brought a total of 130,000 people. He lost more than 20,000 people in the previous battle, and now he only has a little over 100,000 people.
As for Changshan County, there are 40,000 regular troops and 16,000 human security troops. The gap is not unbridgeable.
The tactics of Qin Luoshuang and Fang Dashan were completely targeted at Wang Jing's arrangements. They attacked downwards from the mountain, using their high position to defeat their low position. The morale of their troops was also far superior to that of the Shizhou army, which came from a long expedition with only the mentality of burning, killing and looting.
Wang Jing once again witnessed with his own eyes what it meant to suffer a crushing defeat.
Thousands of people poured down the mountain like a gray-black avalanche.
"Fight back! Fight back! Don't run!"
Wang Jing and his generals tried to organize positions at the foot of the mountain to stop the fleeing soldiers.
But this was a wrong decision. The fleeing soldiers broke away from their positions, and the subsequent rockets and mortars blew their formation into pieces.
An officer holding a big knife led a vanguard into the army, hacking and killing indiscriminately, and destroying their last bit of morale.
"withdraw!"
Although he was extremely unwilling, Wang Jing still gave the order.
"Retreat! Quick!"
However, just as they were about to escape, they suddenly discovered that a mud puddle more than 100 meters long and 20 meters wide appeared on the way they came.
"Is this a ghost?"
The generals felt a chill running down their backs. They were fine when they came, so why couldn't they go back?
As the sounds of gunfire and shouts approached, many soldiers jumped into the mud puddle in desperation. However, the mud puddle was more than 30 meters deep and the water was so thick that they could not swim at all. They would only sink if they jumped in.
"Go around!"
Wang Jing shouted.
Tens of thousands of people hurried up the mountain, but a cliff suddenly appeared in the middle of the mountain range, cutting off their only way of escape.
"Is this God's will to kill me?"
This thought suddenly popped up in Wang Jing's mind.
At this time, all the enemies on the mountain and below the mountain surrounded them.
The two sides were hundreds of meters apart and neither fired a shot. A general walked out from the enemy army, and his smug look made him look like he deserved a beating.
Many people here recognized him.
"Isn't this Xu Chaogong?"
"A ragtag group leader under President Wu, wasn't he killed in battle a long time ago?"
"You actually surrendered? You're such a spineless bastard!"
Xu Chaogong stepped forward and shouted, "Brothers, don't say anything. Your life is your own, your achievements belong to the Governor, your money belongs to the Master, and your women belong to the Chief. You know the choice."
In one word, the morale of the army began to waver.
Then he loudly introduced the superior life in Changshan County, without exaggeration, the human security forces could only say that they had enough to eat.
It is true that no one withheld military pay, but that was because they had no military pay.
He mainly introduced the system of the human security army and explained his own experience in detail.
As they were talking, the person on the other side actually started discussing with him.
"Does Changshan County really not kill prisoners?"
"No killing."
"You won't report our killing as a military achievement, will you?"
"No, persuading someone to surrender is a higher military merit."
"What will happen if I become a Battle Emperor? Will I be able to eat a hundred bowls of rice?"
"Only County Chief Lin knows the scenery of the higher realms. Let's talk about it after you reach the higher level."
Other group leaders were unwilling to let Xu Chaogong take all the credit, so they stepped forward to try the same trick themselves.
This was much more convincing and also diluted their shame.
Look, so many people have surrendered. What's so shameful about me surrendering too?
Finally, the generals were moved and began to persuade the commander: "General Wang, surrender!"
"If you surrender, you can still live and don't have to work for that bastard anymore."
"We just eat the food, no one owes anyone anything."
Wang Jing said sternly, "Even if I jump down from here, I won't surrender."
At this moment, someone suddenly shouted from the opposite side: "Chief Lin has independent military power. He can appoint officers and confer military ranks. His organization is recognized by the empire!"
Wang Jing jumped up and said, "Surrender! I surrender! Anyone who doesn't surrender is a traitor!"
In this way, after three days, the Shizhou army was completely wiped out.
When recruiting prisoners, Wang Jing discovered that there were as many as 70,000 prisoners. The loss was far less than he had imagined. If they could have been organized at that time, they would definitely have been able to fight.
But now that he has surrendered, there is no need to think too much about it. The next key is how to face the young county chief of Changshan County.
All the generals and staff officers of the Shizhou Army shared the same idea as him. They did not care how they were defeated, but only cared about their fate after the defeat and whether they could get a position in the defeated army and make a comeback.
County Governor Lin is naturally the most crucial person in determining their fate.
Along the way, these officers showed their goodwill everywhere and gave away some valuable gadgets on their bodies, just to find out about County Chief Lin's personality, character, and hobbies.
There were also some good-looking guys who secretly asked County Chief Lin if he had any special preferences. They claimed that they were just afraid of being treated unfairly, but from their shining eyes, you could see that they were actually looking forward to it.
However, no one was able to meet the legendary County Magistrate Lin. Only a rough-looking officer who looked like a mountain met them.
He neither persuaded them to surrender nor made any promises of official positions. He only read out a prisoner handling system and told them that if anyone abused, beat, or extorted money from prisoners, they could report it and they would deal with it seriously.
The officers seemed to be living in a dream.
Some people expressed their surrender on the spot and promised to work for Changshan County in the future.
Dashan didn't say anything, but just told them to go back and wait for County Chief Lin to deal with it.
After the captured generals left, Fang Dashan continued to command his troops to clean up the battlefield and recruit prisoners. Due to the heavy workload, he was busy until midnight.
It was already dark and not suitable for marching, so tens of thousands of people camped in the mountains for the night.
The next day we returned to camp by boat.
This battle was a complete victory, but Lin Wen was not particularly happy. First of all, after the battle, he had almost no good karma, but his bad karma increased by 17 points.
Then we discovered that the combat effectiveness of these ragtag troops was so poor and they had almost no fighting will.
He actually didn't need to use so many spells. At that time, in order to intercept the main force of the enemy, he used two rounds of "Xuannv Yuxiang" to cast [Turning Earth into Mud] and [Turning Fossils into Soil].
We should save a little bit of "Xuannv Yuxiang".
For example, the mud puddle he used to block the road did not need to be thirty meters deep; four or five meters would be enough.
The cliff doesn't need to be so big. Even a god can't jump over it. It's a waste of a lot of [Fossils to Soil].
If you budget carefully, you can definitely save a lot.
Thinking about it this way, the [Earth-Splitting Technique] used in Shizhou was simply a huge pitfall. It consumed so much energy. In fact, [Turning Fossils into Soil] could completely accomplish that.
But there was nothing I could do at that time. I didn't have enough spirit power, and Shanyuan could only use one spell, so I could only choose an expensive one.
"From this perspective, the lingering fragrance of Xuannv is much more important than I thought."
Lin Wen thought.
"Unless you absolutely have to, don't use good karma to cast spells. It's expensive and a rip-off, and it takes a long time to recover after using it."
After returning to the Changshan County army’s base camp, the first problem to be dealt with was the more than 70,000 prisoners.
Lin Wen has always felt depressed. The enemy troops surrendered as soon as they were attacked. After all, they are soldiers, so they shouldn't be so fence-sitters, right?
After this incorporation, the human security force has nearly 80,000 people, twice as many as the regular army.
Although there is no need to pay military salary, food and accommodation are still very expensive.
Moreover, if his military achievements become inflated in the future, either Changshan County will go bankrupt or he will be squeezed into a dried corpse.
A system of only one-tenth cash withdrawal and one spell for fifty people is not enough.
"We have to find a way."
While Lin Wen was thinking about how to use the final right of interpretation, he used [Observing Qi and People] to clear out the prisoners.
Those who are completely black will be shot, those who are half black or more will be punished, and the rest will be allowed to join the ranks of the human security force.
More than 70,000 people almost blinded Lin Wen’s eyes.
Because he needed to distinguish the degree of black energy, he could only observe thirty people at a time, and only seven or eight hundred people in an hour, and he could not observe ten thousand people in a whole day.
It will take seven days for more than 70,000 people.
Who wouldn’t go blind if they stared at a man for seven days?
But we can't ignore it. Although the requirements of the human security force are lower, there must be no bad apples.
So review is necessary.
Just as Lin Wenmeng was watching, the news that Shizhou's new Seventh Army had been completely annihilated spread.
Shizhou.
Governor's Office.
"Three days. In three days, 130,000 people are gone?"
Shizhou Governor Gu Xuanli felt that his thinking, cognition and outlook were being raped by a hundred big men.
He looked at the reporter in disbelief, hoping that he would say that there was a mistake or that this was fake news.
But the reporter lowered his head and dared not say a word.
All the generals in the conference room were silent and said nothing.
It's as quiet as a tomb here.
And Gu Xuanli is the corpse that is angry.
"Idiot! Coward! Good-for-nothing!"
He flew into a rage and swept everything off the table.
"How could you be so stupid? Even if I sent 130,000 pigs, that guy from Changshan County wouldn't be defeated in three days, right?"
"I didn't even expect you to win, you just had to not lose so badly!"
"And what was the result? 130,000 men were wiped out in three days! I can't believe it. Is your combat command a bunch of idiots? Are my staff all idiots?"
"Every major power in the empire is watching! What will the imperial public opinion think if we fight like this?"
"They will think I'm useless! Even if I crush Changshan County into powder, they will still think I'm useless!"
"Do you know?"
Bang!
Gu Xuanli slammed the pen hard on the table. This Aurora pen worth hundreds of thousands of dollars was shattered into pieces, and the blue-black ink splashed all over the floor.
I'll be back to normal tomorrow... I'm too weak and need to adjust my condition...
(End of this chapter)
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